Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please remember that I’m NOT a professional at this. We’re figuring it out as we go and it’s our first full yr of homeschool after ending most of final yr homeschooling. Extra about why we decided to homeschool in this post. For those who want professional recommendation, take a look at my good friend Brittany’s blog!

Hello buddies! How are you? I hope that you simply’re having a tremendous day thus far. We’re formally in back-to-school mode over right here. Liv began final week (eighth grade! I can’t even imagine it) and we’re resuming homeschool right this moment.

For right this moment’s publish, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this yr and the curriculum we’re doing should you’re interested by homeschooling.

I feel it’s price mentioning right here that homeschool will not be as daunting as I believed it might be, particularly once we have been first contemplating it. All of us need the very best for our youngsters, and I used to be actually fearful about failing her. Now that we’re within the homeschool world, I can let you know that she’s thriving. She’s studying a lot, and we’re in a position to customise her plan based mostly on her curiosity and ranges. We’re additionally in a position to progress extra rapidly, which retains her .

Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Right here’s what we’re planning on doing this yr, however it will possibly all the time be modified or adjusted as wanted.

Math (half-hour)

We’re persevering with with Saxon Math and Nicole the Math Lady as a result of P loves her and he or she does an unbelievable job educating the Saxon classes. Her software program additionally takes care of grading, so P will simply enter her solutions into the platform and obtain a grade for every project. It’s participating and concise — we find it irresistible.

Studying (half-hour)

I need to maintain studying gratifying, so she picked a guide that we’ll learn collectively and focus on as we transfer alongside. We’re beginning with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Writing + grammar (half-hour)

For grammar, we’re nonetheless utilizing Masterbooks, which is a faith-based curriculum. It consists of image examine, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, commentary, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility by artistic writing.

For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing lessons from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Model technique. Proper now, she’s engaged on studying fables, making key outlines, and narration (with the ability to retell the story utilizing her notes).

I ordered the 4th grade books final semester and when she finishes these, we’ll head into the fifth grade books.

We’re additionally engaged on one analysis paper every quarter, based mostly on an curiosity. Her first one goes to be about bullfighting after our journey to the Bullfighting Museum in Sevilla.

Social research (half-hour)

I’ve ordered a few historical past books to work by, and in addition a lap book on how to draw the United States. She’s excited to start out with that first and label every state, capital, the rivers, and so forth.

Science (Fridays solely)

I’m nonetheless engaged on science plans. Final yr, the homeschool factor occurred fairly abruptly, so we simply did one science undertaking every week on Fridays. I’ll in all probability maintain Friday as science day however was enthusiastic about ordering some month-to-month kits. If in case you have any science equipment subscription recs, please ship them my method!

Final yr, we did issues like dissecting owl pellets, making an egg drop, and developing a curler coaster.

Artwork/enjoyable/PE/additional (A few instances in the course of the week)

We’ve a few additional enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm college, which is at some point every week. It’s just for two hours and he or she’ll have the ability to journey horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has certainly one of day of homeschool parkour lessons. Between these two issues and her membership basketball practices, she nonetheless will get the chance to be round different children and play on a weekly foundation, and I’m grateful for that.

Homework:

We began utilizing Khan Academy after a few good buddies beneficial it and have been fairly impressed thus far. Once you homeschool, there’s actually no want for homework, however I needed P to remain within the groove of getting a *little* homework as a result of the plan is for her to return to in-person college ultimately. (I additionally really feel prefer it is smart since Liv has homework each day.)

For homework, she’s doing 20 minutes of Khan Academy Math after which 15-20 minutes of studying, grammar, or coding.

Some homeschool FAQs

How did you discover a homeschool curriculum?

Brittany was so form to spend a very long time with me on the cellphone. She requested about P’s pursuits and shared concepts. She made homeschooling really feel WAY much less intimidating and I’m so grateful for her recommendation. She’s additionally homeschooled their children their complete lives, which makes me hopeful in case P doesn’t return to in-person college subsequent week.

How lengthy does it take to homeschool?

Essentially the most stunning factor about homeschool is that it’s 1:1 targeted consideration, so that you don’t want almost as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person college is spent wrangling children and attempting to get them to pay attention and concentrate.

We’re in a position to end every part we have to do for the day in about two hours, which leaves the remainder of the day open. She will be able to use this time to persue issues she’s attention-grabbing in (like artwork, crocheting, or practising the piano), or we are able to take pleasure in just a little area journey or outing.

How will you work at home and homeschool?

That is the half that I’m nonetheless attempting to navigate. I batch most of my content material in the course of the weekend in order that I can give attention to the children and home stuff as a lot as doable in the course of the week. I additionally began scheduling consumer calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is dwelling, as a result of when he’s not on a visit, he’s instructor Dad and may take over the homeschool duties.

I simply really feel like I’m transferring at 1000mph as a result of solo parenting takes full focus/consideration/vitality/effort, after which when he’s dwelling, I crush myself workwise attempting to compensate for every part. Simply must get the hold of this schedule and discover my groove.

Okay buddies: what are your kiddos as much as this yr? Homeschool mamas: any recommendation as we head into our first full yr??

Hope you’ve got a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina